Thin Films Process Engineer Intern

Tokyo-Electro; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 24,797,000 - 48,216,000; Full time

Job summary

TOKYO ELECTRON AMERICA, INC. is seeking a Summer 2027 Internship in the TEL Silicon Valley Thin Films development team in San Jose, CA.

You will work on meaningful project-based activities applying Lean thinking and contributing to business objectives while gaining hands-on experience. The ideal candidate is pursuing a graduate degree or is an upper-level undergraduate in Physics, Materials Science, Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering with exposure to DOE, CAD, and plasma/fluids

Qualifications

• Graduate level (M.S. or Ph.D.) preferred; strong candidates who are rising Junior or Senior level; Bachelor’s level students in Physics, Materials Science, Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering will be considered.
• Knowledge of Design of Experiments (DOE), statistical methods, computer aided design (CAD), and computational plasma/fluids simulation tools is highly desired.
• Experience or exposure to thin films and cleanroom environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and conduct process DOEs for process optimization.
• Analysis and data assimilation of tool signal data and metrology results.
• Supervised work on plasma diagnostics and integration of diagnostic signals with tool and metrology data.
• Construct reduced order models (ROMs) of chamber hardware and validate with tool signal data.
• Simulate EM fields and plasmas using commercial codes.
• Supervised work in TEL lab including sample preparation and data collection.

Skills

DOE knowledge

Statistical methods

CAD

Computational plasma/fluids tools

Machine learning / AI techniques

Coding

Education

Graduate-level (M.S./Ph.D.) preferred

Bachelor’s level candidates in Physics, Materials Science, Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering considered

Tools

None specified

Job description

TOKYO ELECTRON AMERICA, INC. is seeking a Summer 2027 Internship in the TEL Silicon Valley Thin Films development team in San Jose, CA.

You will work on meaningful project-based activities applying Lean thinking and contributing to business objectives while gaining hands-on experience. The ideal candidate is pursuing a graduate degree or is an upper-level undergraduate in Physics, Materials Science, Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering with exposure to DOE, CAD, and plasma/fluids